The final years of Tito’s rule (1974–1980) were not merely years of his physical and mental decline, but also a period of deep, almost invisible transformation of real power within the Yugoslav system. Formally, Josip Broz Tito remained, until his death, President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY), Supreme Commander of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA), and an unquestioned authority. Yet, in the shadow of his age and illness, a parallel structure of power increasingly took shape, whose key architect was General Nikola Ljubičić.

The history of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1941 and 1995 was marked by wars, revolutions, ideological conflicts, mass suffering, and deep national traumas. During this period, communism was not merely a political ideology but also a system of power that shaped the fate of millions of people and decisively influenced the question of statehood and national independence for Croats and other peoples in the territory of former Yugoslavia.

A world where technology has become the decisive battlefield and artificial intelligence (AI) is rewriting the rules of warfare, the defense of the West is no longer merely a military question – it is a question of ideas, identity and political will.Three thinkers – Peter Thiel, Carl Schmitt and Ivo Andrić – appear at first glance to be incomparable: a technological visionary, a political theorist and a writer.

On the eve of his departure to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Prize in 1961, Ivo Andrić gave a series of interviews to Yugoslav journalists. One of those conversations, recorded by his biographer Miroslav Karaulac, ended abruptly.

The history of the 20th century requires a radical revision. We must stop viewing communism solely as an ideological conflict between labor and capital. At its core, Soviet communism was a global concept of Russian imperial enslavement. Its essence was not social justice, but the systematic decapitation of other peoples through the generation of artificial social conflicts.